Questions tagged [display]
The display tag should be used for display and video related issues. Questions about hardware issues and what display to buy are off-topic.
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Display colors gets bad after some time of using it
i have been using it for 3 days after a fresh install and now the colors of my display is oversaturated blue is more purple and orange is more red.
It was quite good and similar to what i use to see ...
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on C2D Imac, after standby/sleep the display remains dim and faded
on Core2Duo Imac, after standby/sleep, the display remains dim and faded.
I tried all of the suggestions I could find unsuccessfully, they mostly related to battery/power setting or modifying gnome ...
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Screen timeouts
I have an issue that after 5 minutes of not using my laptop I goes into sctreen saver and then I have to re enter my password. I cant find a setting to change this.
Thank you
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No option set display to 1920x1080 in the settings
I have elementary os 6 installed on my laptop and when I open the display section in the settings to change it to 1920x1080 the option is not there
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Lenovo 330 multiple displays
I have a Lenovo 330 Laptop and in Win10 I run three additional monitors from a USB C hub. Elementary only sees the laptop screen and one additional monitor. Is there some way to find all the ...
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Multiple displays and resolution
I downloaded and tried Odin but could not set resolution for my laptop + external monitor correctly.
Here's the deal:
Laptop display is 4K
External monitor is FHD
No matter what I tried, I got ...
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Display Issues after update
I updated my OS last March 4, 2017. After the update, I have the following display issues.
1) Laptop display is shown as Unknown Display
2) Laptop display brightness cannot be adjusted
3) External ...
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Unknown Display 1024x768 External Monitor (Mirror Display)
PC: Lenovo Laptop G510
CPU: Intel Core i5 HD 4600 graphics
Res: 1366x768
So, I have an RCA small TV connected via VGA port that I use as a monitor since my laptop's built-in screen is messed up. For a ...
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Displays failing to set a resolution on a triple monitor setup
System Specs
System:
Host: elementary-2950x
Kernel: 5.0.0-37-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Gnome Distro: elementary OS 5.1 Hera
Machine: Device: desktop
System: PC Specialist
product: Amd X399 ...
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Yellow tinge to screen after installing elementary OS
I have just installed elementary OS Hera 5.1 on my 2011 Macbook Pro. I have noticed that my screen now has a yellowish tinge to it. It goes back to normal after a while so at first I thought it might ...
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Android tablet as second sceen in ElementaryOS
Does anybody know how to use an Android tablet as a second monitor in ElementaryOS (for extending my desktop)? I know that this should be possible in Ubuntu using one of the latest versions of Gnome ...
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changing/disabling color profile
I'm using a large TV as my monitor for elementary os. When I use spotify, It's too dark. In Ubuntu i could fix this by disabling the color profile through gnome settings. How can I do this in ...
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Black flickering login screen after update
After updating nVidia:
Instead of graphic splash screen with elementary logo, system boots in a verbose text mood
At the end, when XWindows starts, the screen just flickers
I cannot even open a non ...
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Issue with Full Screen in Zoom Call
I am not sure if this happens with other applications, but I have seen it happen in Zoom. Whenever I am in a call and go into a full screen view, the application goes into full screen mode, but only ...
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DA100 - XPS 9350 support - Loki
All, I have a Dell XPS 13 series 9350, with eOS Loki ...
I bought the Dell DA-100 adapter with the sole purpose to extend my screen to a projector/TV via HDMI. The NIC card on the DA-100 is detected,...
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Large windows, dock bar, top bar, fonts
After installing the latest elementary OS update, my windows, dock bar, top bar.. basically all desktop went big.
i've tried updating the scaling-factor to 0, 1, 2 like it says on other questions.... ...
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Dual monitor mode switch
I recently dual-booted my Asus Zenbook UX480 with Elementary OS Hera and I am very happy with it in general. I tried plugging in a second monitor with HDMI and it doesn't quite work as it should. As I ...
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Cannot detect monitor connected to DisplayPort on Elementary 5.1.7 Hera
Just can't make ElementaryOS 5.1.7 Hera detect my DisplayPort connected display.
I'm using a GeForce GTX 1050 with Nvidia's 450 driver and notebook display and HDMI connection works perfectly.
Since I'...
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Heavy graphics artifacts on elementary Videos, and Youtube on Epiphany browser
I am getting some extravagant 'infrared-camera-looking' artifacts both on a Youtube livestream and also when I try to play an H.264 coded video in elementary Videos. I tried installing many codec ...
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Monitors.xml is being ignored: Persistently change display rotation?
I have two desktop monitors that I have rotated clockwise. The systems settings feature is bugged (the "Confirm" button was not clickable), so I rotated them using xrandr:
$ xrandr --output DP1 --...
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Lock screen on corner action (with timeout)
I have installed Elementary OS on my iMac 5k (17.1) and it looks stunning. However I'm missing a feature from macOS that I grew quite fond of. When I move the mouse into a corner of my Desktop the ...
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Problems with Elementary on ASUS laptop
first, I would like to apologize. I am not an experienced Linux user. However, I used to run Ubuntu Linux on my computer.
I recently wanted to try something new and fast and snappy as Elementary OS. ...
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two monitors and black screen on loki 0.4.1
I have two monitors, after locking screen and new login attept to the system both monitors show me a black screen. It happens from time to time. What can i do?
$ uname -r
4.4.0-97-generic
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How to add new mode to xrandr?
I can create a newmode in display settings, but when I attempt to add the newly created mode to VGA, VGA1 or VGA-1, an error of output VGA, VGA1 or VGA-1 not found, is returned. How do I solve this ...
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Black screen after unlock screen
Frequently I need to lock my screen using Super+L, but when I put my password to unlock, the system presents a black screen for over 10 seconds. After that all things are ok, but this black screen is ...
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Unable to interact with lockscreen after installing bumble bee
I recently installed bumblebee to set my Nvidia gpu as default for steam.
After reboot the lock screen or any display never came up, so I booted into recovery and purged bumblebee,
Upon next reboot, ...
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How can I change windows scaling for different display resolution? (and rotation problem!!)
I really enjoy ElementaryOS and I want it to be my everyday operating system, but I have some issues...
I'm currently running 3 monitors: one 4K, and two more displays (lower resolution) in vertical ...
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How to add 1920x1080 Display option and make it survive restart
I have elementary OS 5.1.5 Hera installed in VirtualBox 6.1.10. The display size 1920x1080 is not offered in the display settings. I have done the following to temporarily add the option.
In terminal ...
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How to change screen dpi in elementary Freya?
I have 1440x900 pixels (411x263 millimeters or 16.14173x10.11811 inches approximately) monitor and my resolution according to xdpyinfo is 89X87 dots per inch. But it should be 89.2x88.94 isn't it? Do ...
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emails from gmail account not syncing
Since yesterday emails from gmail account are not being downloaded at all - I have elementary OS installed on another laptop and I have experienced no problems. Any ideas how to fix it?
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Black screen on locking the elementary OS with windows + L key
I installed Elementary OS a couple of days back. The windows + L key worked fine till sometime back but when i now do the same the screen turns black and i have no other option but to force shutdown ...
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5.0 Juno - There is no display on videos
I just start using elementary os 5.0 juno today and after installiation, system showed update notifications. After 13 programs updated, i opened a video and there is no display but video continued and ...
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Dual Monitor Usage
I've got EOS v7.1 set up with 2 monitors.
The primary monitor is the right side one.
How do I switch that to the left side?
Thanks
Chris
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elementary os not booting or login Screen not Display
When I am turning on the laptop, my screen shows the only attachment image.
And Ctrl+Alt+F1 also not working.
it that any way to rest my ELEMENTARY OS
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Hera 5.1.7 - Display Slowdown After Connecting CRT via Adapter. (Persisting After CRT Disconnect and Restart)
Recently I was playing with some CRTs hooked up to my computer via a simple VGA-to-DVI-D adapter. Some monitors worked, but there were a few with weird refresh issues that would cause slowdown on eOS ...
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How to roll back a video driver from the command line?
I decided to try to install the proprietary nVidia drivers. It should have been the '390 drivers but I installed '340 instead (forgot which graphics card I had). Now, when I reboot, the login screen ...
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My system settings doesnt show full to Adminstration section
My system settings doesnt show full to Adminstration section ; which contains of About, Time & Date, Parental Control and Universal Access. How to fix or revert this? Im so new to linux. help me ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad External Monitor Issue
I'm running the latest eOs Juno with all the latest updates. Unfortunately upon restarting my laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad T460P) the external monitor stopped working and I'm unable to figure out how to ...
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Black screen of death after trying to run elementary OS on 2011 MacBook Pro
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro which has been running Snow Leopard without a hitch for several years.
I have tried previously to boot from USB on this MacBook, with no success, and I had the ...
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How to reinstall .Xauthority and reclaim display after failed nvidia driver upgrade
Over a year ago I installed Elementary OS on an old Macbook Air from circa 2011. It worked fine, albeit slowly, for a couple of weeks until I performed a suggested nvidia driver update.
I read ...
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Does elementary os support nvidia geforce GT 525M
I am currently using a linux distro not supported by my legacy nvidia driver and so i will like to saitch to one that is supported i would like to know if elementary supports legacy nvidia graphics.
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BUG: Display settings not applied until login
I've installed Juno release and all it's amazing, except that when I block my notebook, that have a secondary display, the display settings is lost.
My notebook is on the left side and my main screen ...
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Two displays one wont turn off
I have two displays and i'd like to shut off the display on my laptop but it won't turn off. I must be missing something but I don't know what. I turn it off in the settings menu but it still stays ...
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External display stuck at 30hz
My external display only has a 30HZ option...., what's up with that?
How can I make it 60?
Running Juno 5.0 on MP late 2015
It just seems to work now, I guess an update was posted :?
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Resolution changes after nvidia proprietary drivers installed
After installing nvidia 390 drivers I rebooted to find my screen locked to a 1280x1024 resolution, with no option to change it. What should I do?
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After rearraning displays, the mouse buttons stop working
I just installed eOS and tried to rearrange the screens. Once I rearrange the displays in the menu, so that my main display is to the right and not to the left, the mouse buttons stop working.
I have ...
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Will fractional scaling happen in Elementary 6?
Will fractional scaling like 1.5 and 1.25 come with base 6 updates? Because Elementary cannot be used on devices with a resolution of 2160 x 1440 (3:2). Changing dconf-editor and font sizes does ...
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Zoomed in when Mirrored
I am using elementary OS 5.1.4 Hera, when I connect my my laptop to an external screen and turn Mirror Display (ON) my laptop screen is so zoomed that I cant see most of the screen no matter what. As ...
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I am looking to create a shortcut to put the display to sleep
When I'm running a task in Elementary that takes a prolonged time, I'd like to switch off the display until an event like the mouse moving or keystroke "wakes" it back up again.
On MacOS and Windows ...
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